May 3, 2017 Meeting Agenda
NEW HANOVER COUNTY PARKS & GARDENS
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230 Government Center Drive, Suite 120 Wilmington, NC 28403
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910) 798-7620 (910) 798-7621 FAX www.nhcgov.com
PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
May 3, 2017
8:00 A.M.
Room #119
1.Call to Order Bruce Shell, Chairman
2.Approval of April Minutes Bruce Shell
3.Director’s Report Tara Duckworth
a. Budget
4.Park Operations Update Andy Johnson
5.Other business All
6.Adjourn
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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 5, 2017
ASSEMBLY
The Parks Advisory Board held its regular meeting on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 8:00am in
Conference Room 119, 230 Government Center Drive, Wilmington NC.
Present:
Bruce Shell, Patrick O’Mahony, Rebecca Powell and Shawn Spencer.
Absent:
Frank Amoroso, Linda Reece and Nikki Zeldin.
Staff:
Tara Duckworth, Tanya Gurganious and Andy Johnson.
WELCOME AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The meeting was called to order by Bruce Shell who asked if there were any changes or corrections to the
minutes of the March meeting. No changes were noted and the following motion was presented:
MOTION:MOVED; SECONDED
Rebecca Powell by Patrick O’Mahoney, that the minutes of the March
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MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
1 meeting be approved. Upon vote, the .
Director’s Report.
1. Tara highlighted events in the April newsletter. The “Trash Mob” will take place on
Saturday, April 22 at 9:00am (Earth Day). A donation of 150 trash pickers, gloves and safety vest was
received from Joe Suleyman and the Environmental Management Department. Board members are
welcome to attend and are asked to contact Jodi Rich if they desire to come out and help. The skate park
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ribbon cutting will take place at 2:00pm during the Food Truck Rodeo on Sunday, April 23. There are 18
food trucks who are signed up to attend, along with a band. Board members were also asked to sign up to
help during this event las well. We will have 2 tents, one will sell Ogden skate park apparel and the other
will have informational parks brochures with TV information. The splash pad at Hugh MacRae Park
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officially opened on Saturday, April 1 and was very well received. Little pop-up libraries introduced at
Northern Regional Park. Lastly, Tara shared information from the Greater Wilmington Tennis
Association which is offering six weeks of tennis instruction for adult beginners.
Park Operations Update.
2. Andy Johnson shared that lights are being installed at the basketball court at
Hugh MacRae Park. (We are unable to install lights at the court at Ogden Park due to underground power
lines.) The Cape Fear Realtors Day was recently held with over 400 volunteers on hand at Hugh MacRae,
Ogden and Snows Cut Parks. The Cape Fear Garden Club was also at Hugh MacRae Park to kick off the
Plant an Azalea program. We recently discovered sink holes at Ashley High School and are working with
a contractor to get them repaired. (Will start on Monday which is the start of Spring Break.) Working on
redoing the school contracts. We plan to have the same contract with the same language for each school.
Other Business.
3. Rebecca Powell asked that the pet waste dispensers at the Hugh MacRae dog park be
checked as it seems to be malfunctioning. Staff will look into this matter.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:16am.
Respectfully submitted,
Tanya Gurganious
Administrative Coordinator
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Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim record of the New Hanover County Parks Advisory Board meeting.